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Dunsfold Park goes HD

by Mark Rowe

Dunsfold Park near Guildford in Surrey began life as a wartime military airfield, before it was acquired by the Rutland Group, who continue to manage the site, now with owners, Trinity College Cambridge. As a private airfield and motor test track, the estate has a business park where 100 companies employ 700 people. As a popular film location, it is home to the BBC’s Top Gear; and has been the backdrop to TV and Hollywood films from Casino Royale to Come Fly With Me. It’s the venue for an air and motoring show, Wings & Wheels.

Managers wanted to replace the legacy security system with an HD IP infrastructure to increase capacity, image quality and flexibility. Although the estate is secured by a physical perimeter fence, 24/7 surveillance is a pre-requisite to protect the growing number of people working on site, the businesses and their high-value assets. With so many uses – from landing aircraft and testing high-performance cars to housing high-tech businesses and hosting public events – upholding health, safety and security in all eventualities is important. The CCTV had to be easy to use and operate, resilient and offering good value. A key objective was to improve 24/7 visibility in all weathers of hard-to-reach locations, such as remote entrance gates, with the flexibility for operators to zone in on specific areas as required.

After a trial, the contract was awarded to security installers ISD-Tech to deliver HD surveillance running on an integrated fibre optic and wireless IP network. The customised design was built with IDIS equipment; hardware, software and peripherals from the IDIS DirectIP range. Fitted were ruggedised infra-red PTZ from Redvision as well as static cameras, HD network video recorders (NVRs) and cost-free IDIS Centre video management software.

IDIS add that the installation provides foundations to scale across the wider Dunsfold Park portfolio and add technologies, such as ANPR, as its needs evolve.

David McAllister, Estate Manager, Dunsfold Park said: “As a fast-growing multi-occupancy site, our security needs are complex and varied. We’re absolutely delighted with the quality and performance of the new IDIS solution. We can easily monitor everything from a single platform, both from on-site control points, and remotely via smart devices. And it’s given us the improved operational support we wanted to meet the health, safety and security needs of everyone from our business tenants to film crews, while providing added peace of mind for the public attending events like Wings & Wheels.”

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